About Your Surgery

Before Your Surgery

Do not eat or drink anything after midnight, the night before your surgery. This includes water and gum. If it is necessary for you to take medication by the direction of your physician please do so with only a sip of water.

Please arrange for a responsible person to drive you home after surgery or accompany you home. You will not be allowed to leave alone and unattended.

Stop taking any anti-inflammatory medications at least 72 hours prior to surgery. Notify your physician if you are taking any blood thinners.

After Your Surgery

It is not unusual to feel a little sleepy, lightheaded or dizzy several hours after surgery.

Do not drive, smoke, drink alcoholic beverages, or operate machinery for 24 hours.

Your surgeon will prescribe pain relief medication, as needed, for at-home use following surgery.

You will be given post-operative instructions. The nurses will review these with you and answer any questions.

We will send you a survey in the mail following your surgery. Please take a moment to fill this out and return it to the center. We appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have regarding your experience at Pacific Heights Surgery Center

Dressing Changes and Wound Care Management

After your surgery you will be provided specific discharge instructions for your incision area. We are happy to go over this with you prior to your discharge and during your follow up call the next day. Please follow these instructions explicitly.

Signs and Symptoms of Infection

While your specific dressing change instructions will be provided by your surgeon after your surgery, please be aware of the signs and symptoms of infection.

Redness at the incision site

Pus at the incision site

Odor at the incision site

Fever over 100 degrees F

increased pain

Beware of Blood Clots

Blood clots (deep vein thrombosis) are very rare but can occur after surgery. You are at an increased risk if you have had one in the past, are having surgery on a lower extremity, and are overweight. Signs and Symptoms include:

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